I chose this kit because we cannot get Russian River in Minnesota. I have been brewing for over 20 years, and this was the best beer I have ever brewed! I LOVED IT!!!!

I have never had the original so I don't have anything to compare it to, but it's such a highly rated beer, I wanted to give it a try. I had tried the all-grain when I first got into all-grain a few years ago, but I was having water chemistry issues at the time and the hop flavor was very muted. I decided to try again with the extract version, mainly because it takes less time and I rarely brew in the summer months. This is a really good beer.

A favorite! I've brewed this kit 6 times and just bought 3 more. Seems to be a favorite of most friends too. I added grapefruit rind to one and just a touch of grapefruit flavoring to another and these are really good!

I have brewed this beer with the kit I bought from MoreBeer twice and both times rendered a delicious product. Both batches were only slightly different due to slight errors and overlooks during both brews. (The worst was when transferring to the bottling pail. I noticed it wasn't as full as it should have been at some point, shifted my focus, and realized that the valve was in the open position and that roughly a third of the brew had been silently pouring onto the kitchen floor all around me. Good times.) Regardless, both the first brew and the second "Kitchen-Floor Ale" were sensational, and maybe only just a tad strong in the hops given the linger on the tongue. But it still worked for me. Given the apparent Imperial alcohol content, these were start-with beers, not finish-with beers. Bad idea to finish a night of beers with one of these. There also appeared to be a sweet spot in the timing which was right around 2 months for me. The longer it aged in the fridge, it seemed to lose a certain crispness that earlier bottles had. I have just one 22 oz. bottle left. I've been putting off drinking it because I'll be sad to see it go.

I gave my friend who is a brewer at a major brewery in the area a bottle and he was absolutely blown away!! he has had Pliney Before and thought that mine was just as good. i have my second batch in secondary fermentation now!

With 4 people doing a blind taste test versus the real Pliny, it was a tie.

This is my very favorite kit among the many I have tried from MoreBeer. Excellent results every time, and I am not an expert home brewer. Big hops and flavor, not for the hop-timid taste. Friends say it is an exact replica of the Russian River original. I get many compliments on this one and have to force myself to try other recipes.

After a 10 year hiatus, I have returned to brewing. I bought a few equipment items and was sent a marketing email with this product on sale. The rest of you rated it highly so I thought, why not. I bought the extract version with the White Labs yeast. (I've always had great results with White Labs)Anyway, I finally got to taste the fruit of my efforts. WOW. I followed the instructions to the letter. I see others will vary the recipe a bit, but I didn't.

This is the 2nd time I've brewed using this kit and, again, it turned out awesome! I used Imperial Organic Flagship yeast in a 2-step 2000-ml starter and pitched into a wort temperature of about 65 °F. Dry-hopped at 7 days. No secondary, straight to the keg after 2.5 weeks in the primary. Added gelatin solution to clear. Amazing results!

I was very surprised when I saw this for sale on morebeer.mom. The ease of this brew made it very fun. It is fermenting now and I am very excited.

Great value with loads of hops, no issues brewing and happy the result was so close to Pliny from Russian River. I call mine Pliny the Younger.

The consensus is that although we didn't make Pliny the Elder exactly, we made a great beer. Amber, rich in flavor from the all the hops, and everyone enjoyed it, both from the bottle and from the keg. It came out much darker than the original, with the hop aroma similar similar to the original. Will brew this again.

Very good 5 stars but not the best I've brewed but definitely up there

I have brewed this many times and it is always wonderful. Some friends and I tried this side by side with the origninal Pliny and most preferred this one. US-05 yeast. This is the authentic recipe with the correct hops.

A friend of mine took a tour at Russian River Brewery brought me back a bottle of which I thoroughly enjoyed! I bought this kit from more flavor, the directions in the beginning seemed a little odd, but I decided to follow them to the T, as a result this beer tastes identical or even better then the one I had gotten in a bottle from Russian River. very happy with the way this beer turned out.I would make it again.

Was very impressed with this kit. My friend a I did a side by side blind taste test with the real Pliny. Both of us prefered the stronger flavor of the extract kit. I had read many posts about the color being too dark or more of a copper color with the kit. To counter this I took some advise from a few forums to add the majority of the extract at the end of the boil. Still came out darker but definitely not a copper color. I will be making this year round.

I picked up this kit for a quick "stock the larder" between all grain batches. Smooth process and excellent results. Put it on draft 1 week ago and quite sure it won't last long in the kegerator.

complete and as advertised

Makes a really, really good beer. I'm still waiting to compare to the legendary original.

I have made this twice now and compared both batches to the real thing. Both batches came out a little on the malty but with that strong piny hops taste. I personaly along with most of my friends preferred the kit version over Russian Rivers bottled version.

Brewing was a little different than the previous kits I have done. More as this progresses through it’s paces ang gets bottled.

this beer, along with Hopslam, is absolutely my favorite brew. family and friends agree. will continue to brew on a regular basis. best to wait 3-4 weeks if you bottle, even if carbonation complete at 2 weeks. flavor is just better later.

Bought this kit about 2 weeks ago and it's sitting in the primary dry hopping right now. Once fermentation slowed, I sampled the beer (while taking a hydrometer reading) and the beer is coming along quite awesome. Lot's of great hopiness in the beer and good body. Mine is going to end up being around 10% abv though (OG of 1.085 and FG should make it to 1.010 or close to it). One thing I noticed about this kits hops that differentiate it from other clones is the addition of the Cascade hops during steeping (or mashing for the all grain version). None of the other clones have cascade in the hop bill. I contacted RR about this and they directed me to their website which lists the hops as: Amarillo, Simcoe, CTZ, Centennial, and Cascade. But in the email they list the hops as: Warrior, Amarillo, Simcoe, CTZ, Centennial, and Cascade. Warrior hops are not listed on the website but only in the email. I was curious why this kit doesn't contain the CTZ hops (Or the Warrior hops if that's in the brew as well). All in all a great kit. I wish I had a Pliny the Elder to compare with (I'm looking for one to trade now). Regardless of the hop selections, this is an awesome beer. Cheers!

Living in the midwest, I've never had a Pliny the Elder, so no clue how close it compares. I got this kit based on reputation and reviews here. Some others have complained about not yielding enough wort when transferring. With this in mind, instead of my usual 6 gallons, I upped it to 6.5 gallons. Per recommendations, I added only the whole cascades hops without the malt- and added the malt closer to the 45 minute mark, instead of the full hour. Hit the original gravity dead on. I used white labs california yeast, with 1l starter. I think I should have either used a 2l starter, or maybe I didn't oxygenate it enough, either way, I had a stuck fermentation. I warmed up the fermenter, and agitated slightly for a day or 2 and it picked up some, but by end ABV ended up being a little short, about 7.3% instead of 8%. After 3 weeks, I kegged it anyway. Still turned out great. Very nice double IPA. I'd put it as good or better than any other that I've had, commercial or home-brew. Will definitely make it again, but apply my learnings- a bigger yeast starter and more aeration early.

Wow. Great beer! Can't compare it to original because I never had it. But from someone who loves the style and enjoys Double Jack, Maharaja, etc. this one is a great extract kit. Great instructions and extras light clarifier. The downside is yield. I want to brew this again but by the time you throw away the dead yeasties and then the sludge at the bottom of the carboy when you dry-hop the yield is less than 4 gallons. I want to brew again but will have to try something new, at least for the dry-hopping.

I had be ver made beer before, but a skilled friend told me that if I got ahold of a kit, he'd walk me through the process on his equipment. I've never been able to track down a bottle of Pliny in the flesh, so making my own seemed like a fun challenge. It's delicious. I like a nice IPA, and this one is top shelf. I only put one in the fridge at a time, otherwise I think I'd drink these up way too quickly. Try it out if you like a serious IPA with a somewhat ridiculous amount of delicious hops. I'll brew this one again for sure...it's amazing to think that we made this at home!

I have brewed a lot of good brews. I have also brewed some great ones. This one has always been great. The latest one is the best so far. So good I can't believe I brewed it. I think a 10 gallon one may be in my future.

After just finishing with another Pliny clone that was on sale from another company...wish I would have made the morebeer kit again instead. Although, fortunately, my relatives own Russian River BC, I am enjoying making this on my own. There is something great about drinking something you cooked up yourself! This may not be exactly the real Pliny, but is awesome none the less!